Colleges and universities in Virginia will no longer be able to ban student newspapers from selling ads to alcoholic beverage companies. A recent decision handed down by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond reverses a long-standing ban:
The Roanoke Times reports details on the case:
In a separate legal challenge brought by the newspapers, the court ruled the regulation was not unconstitutional on its face but in Wednesday’s ruling, the court said the ban violated their First Amendment rights because it “prohibits large numbers of adults who are 21 years of age or older from receiving truthful information about a product that they are legally allowed to consume.”
The court noted that about 60 percent of the Collegiate Times’ readers are 21 or older and The Cavalier Daily reaches an audience in which nearly 64 percent are 21 or older.
The 2-1 ruling Wednesday reversed a lower court decision that upheld the ban that concluded the regulation was “appropriately tailored to achieve its objective of reducing abusive college drinking.”
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